This new law extends governmental function into an area where it really doesn’t belong. Where is it written that the government has authority to dictate whether or not a girl sits next to a boy in the restroom? What percentage of the population does this benefit? It certainly does not represent the views of well over 99.5 percent of the electorate.

In addition, the notion that a 6-foot-4 boy should be allowed to compete athletically with a 5-foot-3 girl is ludicrous. It seems those in authority don’t know the limits of their power.

Perhaps this could have been handled more easily by constructing a gender-neutral bathroom so the few individuals with gender dysphoria can access them without embarrassment. It goes without saying that under the present law, embarrassing the many to spare the few is absolutely guaranteed.

Perhaps it’s time to put the whole issue to a vote. I don’t think people have the right to decide what bathroom they’re going to use. It’s decided at birth.

— David M. Duffy, Redondo Beach

Answer is to end separate men’s, women’s restrooms

I think it’s time to do away with men’s and women’s restrooms. Offer unisex restrooms as many establishments do. For schools, employ a guard outside the door to ensure safety.

Equality for all doesn’t have to mean you need to belong to one group or another just to go to the bathroom.

— Rena Figved, Rialto

Gender is decided at birth, as simple as A, B, C, X, Y

Biology 101 says if you have a Y chromosome, you are male. You will not develop ovaries, a uterus or fallopian tubes. If you don’t have a Y, you are a female. There is no science that says you feel your gender. Hermaphrodites are rare and their cases usually decided at birth by doctors and parents.

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There are only two reasons for one to disrobe in the presence of the opposite sex: sex or a medical exam.

How easy is it to claim transgender identity? Witness ABC News producer Don Ennis, who claimed he was a “she” and then announced recently he was a “he” again.

The effect of this bill is disrobers will be noticed, peeked at and humiliated. There will be more cell phone images transmitted and posted to porn sites and social media. Rape stats will climb a bit, the weak will be exploited, privacy will be invaded, and con men treated as local heroes by many.

— James Ernest Teague, Reseda

Use the facility you want — with one restriction

Let students make their own choices, not including any area where there may be group nudity, such as locker rooms and showers.

— Don Sessler, Alta Loma

State shouldn’t recognize delusion of transexuality

A basic tenet in graduate psychopathology class was not to play along with the guy in the psych ward who thinks he’s Napoleon Bonaparte. It’s alarming to me that we have legislation forcing people to play along with people’s delusions.

Does this mean I have to serve live mice to the guy who filed his teeth, split his tongue and tattooed scales on his face because he decided he’s now a snake? As long as he feels he’s a snake, we now have to play along or else get sued or fired.

— Kevin Bergen, Torrance

Transgender rights law ensures ‘right to be ogled’

Allowing boys and girls in the same locker room, showering side by side is a bad idea. The right to privacy enjoyed by every student will be replaced by the right to be ogled. In a state competing for the bottom three spots in educational achievement, this is nothing more than a massive distraction from learning. Please go to www.privacyforallstudents.com and learn how you can help overturn this pathetic new California law.

— Thomas Burns, Whittier

Don’t use education money to build unisex bathrooms

I’m fortunate not to be an educational administrator now that we’ve woven webs taking away instructional time and funds. Many of us were raised when sex was private and sacred. Now it intrudes on instruction. If we could keep the focus on reading, language skills, math and ethics, life would be much simpler.

Since we are not going back to the “good old days,” we must invest in unisex bathrooms. Legislators must provide the funding for this, not take money from the deserving student population.

— Lucille Householder, Hacienda Heights

Ballot initiative would be waste of time in California

The editorial mentioned a possible ballot initiative to decide transgender policy. You have to be stupid to think any initiative in California would have meaning. The liberals who rule the state would find a dictator in a black robe to overturn the will of the people as they’ve successfully done many times in the past. Our governor, the ultimate left-winger, would refuse to defend the voters in court. So wake up, voters, you are wasting your time with ballot initiatives.